Talk:Great Frigatebird

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[edit] amusing scientific name

(Aah its all coming back to me) - now I remember this as having an amusing epithet minor despite it being the Great(er) Frigatebird. Does anyone have a refernce and a reason for this as it is an amusing trivia bit for the lead. (I might have to google this....) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 22:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

At a guess it was described at the same as the Magnificent Frigatebird, which is bigger. And then aquired the common name much later. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Or maybe not. I'll look it up on the BNA website later. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)